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PATENTED APR. 11, 1905.

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UNTTED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

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RAILWAY-SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent, No. 787,216, dated April11, 1905.

Application filed September 19. 1904. Serial No. 225,020.

Be it known that I, Honor: llIILntrs. a citi zen of the United States.residing atUlouster, in the county of Athens and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in hailway-Switches, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to railway-swilches, and pertains especially tothe class of handoperated slip-switches.

The object of the invention is to provide a switch having such peculiarconstruction that it will be certain in operation and insure thetransfer of a railway-train from one track to another and preventderailment should the switch operator fail to fully throw the switch orshould the latter be accidentally left half open.

A further objectof the invention is to pro vide a switch having theswitch-frog attached thereto and braced therewith in a novel andpeculiar manner, so that the frog may be pre vented fromdisplacement andadjustably held parallel with the switch-plate rail.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a slip-switchhaving brace-rods extending from theswitch-frogthrough the sliprail andprovided with nuts to prevent swaying or vibration of the frog and tokeep it parallel with said rail and to provide certain novel andpeculiar construction in the switchties to afford durability thereof andof the switch and the expeditious operation of the switch.

in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure lis a plan view of a switch embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the switch in reversed position to that shown in Fig. 1.Fig. is an enlarged sectional view on the line .1' .r, Fig. 1. Fig. l isa like view on the line Fig. l. Fig.5isadetailperspective view of theswitch-slip inverted. (3 is a central longitudinal section on the linea", Fig.

The same numeral references denote the same parts througlwut the severalviews of the drawings.

The switch-ties l have end keepers 2 for the railway-rail 3 and anabutment 4, pro

vided with a projection 5, flush with the railwayrail (3 and forming anend bearing for the curved rail 7 of the slip-plate S. The switch-tie 9has an abutment l0 and a longitudinal recess or cavity '11, in which issecured by suitable screws 12 a metallic guidecleat 13, with a portionthereof projecting above the surface of the tie S). The switchties lland the ties 1 are provided with metallic strips 15, forming bearingsupon which the slip-plate 8 slides. The plate 8 has a slot or groove 16across its bottom face to lit the cleat 13.

The plate 8 and the switch frog 17 are mounted on a pair of stringers 18by suitable screws 19 and 20, one end of the stringers having a flange.21 and the other end adapted to slide in hangers 22, depending from therail way-rail 3. The plate 8 is fixed between the llanges 2i and lugs 22of the stringers, and the frog engages the end of the said lugs and issecured to the reduced ends of the stringers. A lever 24: is pivoted toone of the stringers, and a lever 25 is pivoted to the other stringerand to the lever 24, the latter being connected to a suitableswitch-stand. (Not shown.)

The thin blade loof the switch-frog prevented from swaying and is bracedby screwrods 27, having heads countersunk into the outer face of saidblade and extending therefrom through the straight rail 28 of theslipplate, where they are provided with lock-nuts 29. These ln'ace rodsnot only amplify the connection between the slip-plate and the frog, butthey prevent the blade of the frog from being deflected, and they may beoperated to parallel the frogwith the curved rail (5 and for adjustingthe frog in laying or constructing the switch.

.It will be observed that the slip-rails are so arranged as to prevent acar from derailment should the switch be half thrown, in which event theplate will form a tread for the wheels on one side of the car until theystrike the railway-rail.

It is obvious that the simplicity of construction admits of conveniencein placing and removal of the slip-plate, and the arrangement ofslide-bearings avoids all undue friction and permits free andexpeditious operation of the switch.

Having thus described my invention, What 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a slip-switch, the combination with the hangers depending from arailway-rail, and the stringers having reduced ends Working in thehangers, of the slip-plate secured to the stringers, the switch-frogsecured to the stringers, brace-rods connecting the frogblade with thesaid plate, and the levers to slide the stringers.

2. The combination, With the switch-tie, a metallic cleat set thereinand projecting therefrom, hangers depending from a railway-rail, andstringers slidable through the hangers, of the slip-plate secured to thestringers and havinga slot to fit the said cleat, the switch-frogsecured to the stringers, screw-rods passing through the frog-blade andthrough a rail of the slip-plate and provided With lock-nuts operatedunder the tread of said plate-rail.

3. The combination, With the switch-ties having metallic bearings, theswitch-tie having a metallic cleat set therein, and the hangersdepending from a railway-rail, of the stringers having flanges and lugsand work- HOMER PHILLIPS.

l/Vitnesses:

G. W. RosE, GRANT RANDOLPH.

